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Canada's aid to Burundi

$234,228,092 reported from 2005-06 to 2024-25 across 332 projects and 259 recipient organizations.

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Total, all years

$234M

2005-06 to 2024-25

Latest year

$27.3M

2024-25

Projects

332

with money reported

Recipient organizations

259

all years

What this money equals at home

Based on $231M given abroad as grants on this page. Not counted: $1.9M in repayable loans and $1.5M already spent in Canada.

712

family doctors paid for a year

Average gross clinical payment to a family physician, 2023-24. Includes the doctor's office costs. CIHI, A profile of physicians in Canada

2,736

registered nurses paid for a year

Median wage of $43.27 an hour (2023-24) for 1,950 hours (37.5 hours a week). Wages only, no benefits. Job Bank, Government of Canada

0.11

new 548-bed hospitals

The new St. Paul's Hospital in Vancouver: $2.174 billion for up to 548 beds (2021 budget). Government of British Columbia, March 8, 2021

894

affordable homes built

Rapid Housing Initiative: $4 billion for more than 15,500 permanent affordable homes, about $258,000 each. CMHC, Rapid Housing Initiative

10,371

homeless people housed with support for a year

Housing First for people with high needs: $22,257 per person per year. Measured in 2014 dollars, so today's number of people would be lower. Mental Health Commission of Canada, At Home/Chez Soi final report

11 days

of Veterans Affairs Canada's entire budget

Total planned spending of Veterans Affairs Canada for 2025-26: $7.83 billion. Veterans Affairs Canada, 2025-26 Departmental Plan

These comparisons use average Canadian costs to show the scale of the money. They are not a costed plan.

Spending by fiscal year

2005-06$10.8M
2006-07$13.0M
2007-08$4.8M
2008-09$4.2M
2009-10$6.0M
2010-11$1.6M
2011-12$2.3M
2012-13$5.1M
2013-14$3.4M
2014-15$5.7M
2015-16$5.4M
2016-17$14.6M
2017-18$15.2M
2018-19$17.1M
2019-20$15.5M
2020-21$17.7M
2021-22$22.0M
2022-23$25.6M
2023-24$16.9M
2024-25$27.3M

Read firstFiles before 2016-17 cover only CIDA and DFATD development programs. From 2016-17 they cover every federal department and the provinces, which is why totals jump. Amounts are nominal Canadian dollars per fiscal year (April to March). Aid type was not recorded before 2010-11. Negative amounts are repayments.

By cause

Health$62.6M26.7%
Emergency response$42.8M18.3%
Government & civil society$18.6M7.9%
Education$16.9M7.2%
Population & reproductive health$15.2M6.5%
Agriculture, forestry & fishing$15.1M6.5%
Energy$13.3M5.7%
Conflict, peace & security$7.7M3.3%
Other social services$7.4M3.2%
Multisector$6.1M2.6%
Disaster prevention$5.5M2.3%
Transport$3.6M1.6%
Industry, mining & construction$3.6M1.5%
Budget support$2.6M1.1%
Banking & finance$2.6M1.1%
10 others$10.5M4.5%

By department

Global Affairs Canada$188M80.5%
Finance Canada$44.6M19.0%
International Development Research Centre$545K0.2%
Quebec$454K0.2%
Provinces (first-year refugee costs)$120K0.1%
Manitoba$36K0.0%
Alberta$30K0.0%

By aid type

Core contributions to multilaterals & global funds$114M48.5%
Not recorded$40.5M17.3%
Project-type interventions$38.2M16.3%
Earmarked funds via implementing partners$38.0M16.2%
Canadian personnel$2.6M1.1%
Scholarships & student costs in Canada$1.5M0.6%
Other technical assistance$26K0.0%

Top 25 recipient organizations

International Development Association$36.1M15.4%
WFP - World Food Programme$33.3M14.2%
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria$24.3M10.4%
UNDP - United Nations Development Programme$14.8M6.3%
UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund$13.8M5.9%
African Development Bank Group$10.6M4.5%
Primate's World Relief and Development Fund$8.3M3.5%
ICRC - International Committee of the Red Cross$6.5M2.8%
IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development$6.1M2.6%
Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance$6.1M2.6%
Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie$5.1M2.2%
World Bank$4.5M1.9%
UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees$3.6M1.5%
IDA-CPL$3.5M1.5%
Université de Montréal - CHUM - Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Unité de santé internationale$3.3M1.4%
Right To Play International$3.1M1.3%
OHCHR - United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights$3.0M1.3%
Canadian Catholic Organization for Development and Peace$2.8M1.2%
Consortium: Centre d'étude et de coopération internationale$2.7M1.1%
GEF - Global Environment Facility$2.1M0.9%
Canadian Foodgrains Bank$1.9M0.8%
International Bank For Reconstruction and Devt (IBRD-T)$1.9M0.8%
Central Emergency Response FundCERF$1.7M0.7%
Aide médicale internationale à l'enfance$1.5M0.6%
(not specified)$1.5M0.6%
234 others$32.4M13.8%

Top 25 projects

all years, by total amount

#	Project	Amount
1	IDA - IDA 20 OGDFinance-2023-15 · 2022-23 to 2024-25 Main recipient: International Development Association	$21.0M $21,046,180
2	Fonds mondial de lutte contre le sida, la tuberculose et le paludisme-Appui Institutionnel 2020-2022 P005247001 ↗ · 2020-21 to 2022-23 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$9.3M $9,272,950
3	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional Support 2017-2019 P002028001 ↗ · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$8.0M $7,961,889
4	Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria - Institutional support 2023 to 2025 P012277001 ↗ · 2023-24 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis & Malaria	$5.7M $5,668,644
5	(no title in the data) D000431001 ↗ · 2014-15 to 2015-16 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.2M $5,200,000
6	Gavi Alliance - Institutional Support - 2016-2020 P001153001 · 2016-17 to 2019-20 Main recipient: Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance	$5.2M $5,192,592
7	Enhanced Child Health Days P001152001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$5.0M $5,002,500
8	(no title in the data) M012497001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2008-09 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$5.0M $5,000,000
9	Girls' Education for a Better Future in the Great Lakes Region P007260001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Fondation Paul Gérin-Lajoie	$5.0M $4,998,455
10	(no title in the data) M012386001 ↗ · 2006-07 to 2007-08 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$4.6M $4,600,000
11	Market-based Solutions to Preventing Undernutrition P001303001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$4.5M $4,550,000
12	Twelfth Replenishment of the International Fund for Agricultural Development 2022-2024 P009571001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2023-24 Main recipient: IFAD - International Fund for Agricultural Development	$4.5M $4,502,841
13	(no title in the data) (no project number) · 2016-17 to 2022-23 Main recipient: International Development Association	$4.1M $4,068,647
14	My Education, My Future: Supporting Burundian Refugee Girls Right to Education P007232001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Right To Play International	$3.8M $3,830,683
15	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2016-2018 P001268001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2018-19 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$3.7M $3,658,611
16	United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) - Institutional Support 2019-2020 P002344001 ↗ · 2019-20 to 2020-21 Main recipient: UNDP - United Nations Development Programme	$3.6M $3,591,605
17	IDA-CPL - New Loan OGDIDA-CPL · 2021-22 to 2022-23 Main recipient: IDA-CPL	$3.5M $3,477,072
18	United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund COVAX Delivery Grant P011763001 ↗ · 2022-23 Main recipient: UNICEF - United Nations Children's Fund	$3.4M $3,400,000
19	International Development Association OGD2020080011 · 2020-21 to 2021-22 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.3M $3,318,246
20	Improving Access to Sexual and Reproductive Health Care in Burundi and the DRC P008394001 ↗ · 2021-22 to 2024-25 Main recipient: Université de Montréal - CHUM - Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal - Unité de santé internationale	$3.3M $3,255,412
21	(no title in the data) M010846003 · 2005-06 Main recipient: World Bank	$3.1M $3,075,000
22	All Mothers and Children Count P001027001 ↗ · 2016-17 to 2020-21 Main recipient: Primate's World Relief and Development Fund	$3.1M $3,068,224
23	International Development Association (IDA) FIN-IDA-2020 · 2019-20 Main recipient: International Development Association	$3.0M $3,037,943
24	Support to the African Development Fund - Replenishment ADF-14 P002148001 · 2017-18 to 2019-20 Main recipient: African Development Bank Group	$3.0M $3,031,776
25	(no title in the data) M012081001 · 2005-06 Main recipient: WFP - World Food Programme	$2.5M $2,538,400